T cell tolerance towards the fetal allograft

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-75

  Piccinni, Marie Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abortion; Cytokines; Immune tolerance; Pregnancy; Rejection; T helper

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA C ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYMPHOTOXIN; PROGESTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77952091281     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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